How to Handle Sermon Pushback on Social Justice Issues

By: Leah Schade

"Here are tips and suggestions for responding to sermon pushback when addressing social issues in your preaching.

"If you’re a preacher who’s addressed a contemporary social issue in a sermon, you may have received negative pushback.  In a survey my team and I conducted this year about ministry, preaching, and social issues, clergy who experienced backlash to their sermons indicated that it came most frequently in loss of worship attendance (21%) or from angry words, letters, or emails (19%)."

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